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09/10/2008 (2:53 pm)

Focus Should Remain On Caylee Anthony As The Case Gets Stranger

UPDATE: According to the Post-Chronicle (yeah, well) Casey may be re-arrested tonight. I’m not finding it anywhere else, though. I’m a night owl, so if anything happens before I go to bed I’ll update again.

UPDATE #2: Florida stations are starting to say the same thing: WESH

UPDATE #3: New charges have been filed against Casey Anthony:

1.Grand Theft Third Degree

2.Fraudulent Use of Personal identification Information

3.Forgery of a check

4.Uttering a forged check

5.Fraudulent Use of Personal Identification Information

6.Forgery of a check

7.Uttering a forged check

8.Fraudulent Use of Personal Identification Information

9.Forgery of a check

10.Uttering a forged check

Just when you thought this case could not get any stranger, it gets stranger. On the heels of the “high-five” incident and news that a counselor advised Cindy Anthony to kick Casey out of the home after she was busted stealing money out of an account set up for the long-term care of her grandparents (thus possibly setting up the murder of little Caylee for revenge), it’s now being revealed that people actually want to pay Casey for her story:

A spokesman for Jose Baez said offers have come in as high as $1.5 million for book rights, movie rights, TV deals, even a pay-per-view offer.

“I can tell you just for interview areas alone they can range from $50,000 to $350,000. We’ve even had an offer come from an overseas company that specializes in pay per view and those offers can exceed $1 million,” Jose Baez Law Firm spokesman Todd Black said.

Black said they’re listening to all offers but for now not accepting anything.

“We’ve made it clear to everyone that their inquiry will be put in to a file and we don’t know whether that file will ever have to be opened,” Black said.

Much of it, Black said, depends on how extensive Casey Anthony’s defense will have to be.

He said they’re building a Web site for Casey Anthony’s defense fund and assembling a team of defense experts.

And here I thought this case couldn’t get any more repulsive.

If Casey won’t talk to police or her parents about just where little Caylee is (and I think we are all in agreement that at the very least, she knows more than she is saying), then what makes people think she will talk to a publisher or a movie producer? I’m sure the argument will be made that pro bono work won’t last forever and at some point lawyers will need to be paid, but I would go so far as to consider any sort of deal of this nature blood money. The thought that Casey could actually profit financially in any way from this makes me sick. Yes, most of it might go to lawyers, but if Caylee were still with us there would be no need for lawyers, would there?

Next, Mark NeJame, lawyer for George and Cindy Anthony, is telling people that the grandparents are not Casey and people should not take their frustrations about Casey out on them:

“They have been maligned, misrepresented in the press, been vilified by the press, blogs, by individuals,” said Mark Nejame. “People are forgetting that these are grieving parents.”

Nejame spoke for the first time about the case to Eyewitness News before appearing on several national talk shows. He said he believes accusing George and Cindy is the worst form of judgment.

“Families are victims,” said Nejame. “People have forgotten that I represent George and Cindy Anthony. I do not represent their daughter.”

He also has some words concerning the protesters at the house, where George pushed some people off his yard earlier:

“Mr. Anthony thought that he had somebody on his property and he has the right to move them off of his property,” said Nejame. “There is a vague line as to where they were.”

Nejame said there is no line of demarcation as to where the property line actually starts, and he had a final word for those he believes are making the Anthonys out to be suspects.

“Shame on you for vilifying this victim. You are part of the problem. You are not part of the solution,” he said.

NeJame said George and Cindy are working with authorities, answering calls about possible sightings of the little girl, but they aren’t digging up dirt looking for bones.

“They believe, they desperately believe that Caylee is still here and that’s their right,” he said.

There has been speculation of possible book deals with the Anthonys. NeJame said the family has no intentions of doing that. Also, he said the family did not pay one penny to bond their daughter out of jail last week, but they did sign a promissory note to look after her.

“If the person leaves, clearly the Anthonys don’t have that net worth, but the bondsman will have something to go after and take everything they own,” NeJame said.

True, they are not out there looking for bones, because it seems they do believe that their granddaughter is alive, even when so much points to the contrary…however, the Anthonys have not helped themselves simply by how they have presented themselves, as people who believe anything Casey says beyond all reason. When Cindy attacked Tim Miller of EquuSearch, that was the final straw in many eyes. But, as I have pointed out before, it was Mark Hacking’s brothers who helped convince him to confess, and it was Ted Kaczynski’s brother who turned him in. Family CAN see the light if they allow themselves to.

And as I said before, if you are protesting at the Anthony house, you are more a part of the problem than a part of the solution. You are not going to convince Casey to give up what she knows, you are being a nuisance to the neighbors (who had nothing to do with this), you are tying up police resources that could be better used elsewhere (since Cindy calls 911 whenever people get too rowdy), and you are making fools of yourselves hollering and yelling. I believe in the right to protest what we believe is wrong, as long as we do it in an orderly and lawful manner…but in this case I don’t think that “orderly” and “lawful manner” can be applied to the protests I’ve seen. Stop trying to be part of the story yourself and spend your energies looking for Caylee.

But NeJame does have a point. Cindy and George are NOT Casey. So far, anything that has been said or found has pointed to Casey. While her parents might be guilty of raising a selfish, self-centered brat of a daughter, last I knew you couldn’t be jailed for that. And it is tempting when one sees a case like this to look at the parents and second-guess what they did or did not do, what they did right or wrong, but ultimately that is just spinning your wheels in mud. It gets you nowhere and just makes things needlessly messy.

And there have been many people questioning why it is that Casey has to spend hours and hours each day in the company of her lawyer, Jose Baez. One explanation given is that perhaps she believes her house is bugged:

Eyewitness News covers criminal cases every day, but never before has a lawyer and a client met so often and for so long. [...]

Casey Anthony spent five hours at her attorney’s office Tuesday and Monday and plans to every day this week. That’s a lot of billable hours for her attorney if they’re working on the case the whole time.

The amount of time begs the question: Does Casey not feel comfortable being at home for some reason? The jail says Casey Anthony has every right to work on her case with her attorney and her house arrest cannot interfere with that, but several hours every day for a child neglect case?

When Casey left jail the first time, her attorney told Eyewitness News she doesn’t feel comfortable speaking freely at the jail, even though she meets with him in total privacy there, suggesting the jail could be bugged.

But what about the Anthony’s house? Are they worried it’s bugged? Could it be?

Law enforcement experts told Eyewitness News that investigators would have a tough time convincing a state or federal judge to allow them to do it. Casey is a “person of interest” in daughter Caylee’s disappearance, but the law says investigators would have to show that Casey is revealing real evidence about the case at home and the only way for them to get it is to secretly record her. But investigators say all she’s done is lie to her family and friends.

They are right…so far, the police are not treating this as a murder case. Casey has been charged with child neglect, not murder…so it does make you wonder just why she’s spending so much time there. In the photos I’ve seen of Casey and her lawyer, he’s had a protective arm around her while she snuggles down against him as they press through the throng of reporters and cameraman. Perhaps it is a security measure just to get safely through the crowd. I think it is speculation to assume more than that, but it has also been said that Casey “charms” every man she meets and doesn’t seem to understand the concept of NOT flirting with them all. Perhaps she is doing what so many women do…using her feminine charms to keep her lawyer believing in her (pro bono) even in the face of evidence to the contrary, much as I believe she did to the Padillas.

I doubt very seriously there is any sort of sexual relationship going on, but I do think she is playing him for all he is worth…and even lawyers are human. Their body language reminds me of a protective male figure/helpless female figure, in stark contrast to the high-five exchanged with her brother…there we see a confident young woman fully in charge of herself, which I believe is a truer picture of just who Casey is, a chameleon capable of adapting herself, for her benefit, to whatever situation she finds herself in.

And finally…a woman has been caught digging through the Anthony’s trash:

The woman doesn’t want to be identified other than as Lorraine. She told Eyewitness News she decided to find out exactly what is going on inside the Anthony home by looking through their garbage.

George Anthony wheeled out his trash to the road Tuesday morning as he has done in the past. He placed boxes and three black garbage bags at the end of his driveway to be picked up.

“The curiosity,” Lorraine told Eyewitness News, explaining what tempted her to drive to the Anthony’s Hopespring Drive home and take a bag of trash.

She wanted to do her own Casey Anthony investigation.

“If she’s on the computer 24 hours a day, maybe she printed stuff, maybe they thought it wasn’t shredded. So that was just my theory,” she said.

Lorraine hauled the bag away to her SUV and then drove the garbage to her neighborhood just a few miles away. Eyewitness News was there as she rummaged through the Anthony’s trash bag with yellow gloves on. She spread the trash across her driveway and found what looked to be a handwritten note from Casey to her father.

“This one says, ‘Dad please call OCSD so we have security for the prayer tonight,’” Lorraine read.

Also found was a tattered hat, a media request for an interview and piles of letters from people around the country.

“I think this might lead to clues as to where she is,” Lorraine said as she went through the trash Tuesday morning. [...]

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office told Eyewitness News that taking trash from the curb side is legal; it’s on public property. The Anthony spokesperson told Eyewitness News people should put their energy into searching for Caylee rather than picking garbage.

Okay, gross. This to me totally shows the lengths certain people will go to to do anything EXCEPT what needs to be done…search for Caylee. Does this woman not think the police have not already thought of this? Would this stuff even be admissible in court if on the off chance she DID find something? I have to agree…use your energies to find Caylee. Caylee is the key to this whole case, the center to this whole thing. Find Caylee and you will have most of the answers. Don’t get in the way of law enforcement who are trying to do their job. I understand the need of people reading about this to just do something, but come on. Don’t you think the investigators in this case have information that they have NOT released to the public? Just because it hasn’t been on the news doesn’t mean the police aren’t on it. People need to get a grip and stop trying to be part of the story themselves.

I do have to agree with those who believe that the focus of this case has been taken off Caylee and placed on her mother and grandparents. However, since we do not have Caylee here, we must look at the behavior of those closest to her, in order to possibly find some clue as to just what happened to this precious little child. If a piece of this puzzle can be found that leads to another piece that leads to another piece, maybe all the pieces will fit together and we’ll have a much clearer picture of just where Caylee is.

Personally, my opinion only…I think both Cindy and Casey have emotional problems (Cindy sounds a bit passive-aggressive to me, which will drive anyone nuts that has to deal with being manipluated with that), and I believe Casey murdered her daughter as revenge against her mother. Once Dawn reminded me of the money angle it all fell into place for us:

It has been 56 days [at the time of writing] since Caylee disappeared. As far as anyone knows, her mother Casey has not spent even one of those days looking for her.

Eyewitness News has learned that an intense fight right before Casey left with Caylee in mid-June was over money that Casey had stolen from her own grandparents, from an account dedicated to paying for assisted living expenses for her grandfather. Tensions had been building over the theft.

Eyewitness News also learned Cindy Anthony had gone to a counselor who told her to kick Casey out. Cindy was worried Casey would take Caylee with her, so the counselor told her to try to get legal custody of Caylee.

Before that could happen, Casey and Caylee left and Cindy believed Casey kept Caylee out of touch just to punish her. Relatives said Caylee was more attached to her grandmother than she was to her own mother.

Casey had been busted stealing money, Cindy was ready to kick her out and put an end to the free ride but was loath to do so for Caylee’s sake, and Casey decided to take revenge against her mom. Caylee was very close to her grandmother, probably closer than she was to her own mom, so to take Caylee would hurt Cindy deeply. Twisted, yes, but not inconceivable.

Cindy’s words on MySpace (since scrubbed):

She came into my life unexspectedly, just as she has left me. This precious little angel from above gave me strength and unconditional love. Now she is gone and I don’t know why. All I am guilty of is loving her and providing her a safe home. Jealousy has taken her away. Jealousy from the one person that should be thankfull for all of the love and support given to her. A mother’s love is deep, however there are limits when one is betrayed by the one she loved and trusted the most. A daughter comes to her mother for support when she is pregnant, the mother says without hesitation it will be ok. And it was. But then the lies and betrayal began. First it seemed harmless, ah, love is blind. A mother will look for the good in her child and give them a chance to change. This mother gave chance after chance for her daughter to change, but instead more lies more betrayal. What does the mother get for giving her daughter all of these chances? A broken heart. The daughter who stole money, lots of money, leaves without warning and does not let her mother now speak to the baby that her mother raised, fed, clothed, sheltered, paid her medical bills, etc. Instead tells her friends that her mother is controlling her life and she needs her space. No money, no future. Where did she go? Who is now watching out for the little angel?

Casey’s response on her MySpace:

On the worst of worst days, remember the words spoken
Trust no one, only yourself.
With great power, comes great consequence.
What is given can be taken away.
Everyone Lies.
Everyone Dies.

(It sounds like she’s been watching House.)

In the meantime, I beg people to remember just what this case is all about…going through the Anthony’s trash and knocking on their doors and windows and screaming at them is not going to bring little Caylee home, whether it be for a reunion or a proper burial. This case is about a little girl who has been missing since June. Let’s not forget that. I urge you to donate to EquuSearch so this little girl can come home.

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114 Comments »

I think the public HAS been focused on Caylee all along. It’s the unbelievable behavior of the family that’s made most people angry and frustrated. In light of the recent forensic findings, especially, it is practically impossible to focus on “finding” Caylee because it’s quite evident that we would be searching for remains, if there are any left. Even the weather has been on Casey’s side on that point! I personally can’t stand having my intelligence insulted every time the Anthonys speak of Casey as if she were the “girl next door” when in reality she is a nymphomaniac thief who is the only person in the world with a sinister motive to cause Caylee’s disappearance. The first time I saw her on TV, at her arraignment, I was taken aback by her relaxed demeanor and inappropriate smiling. She only wept when bail was imposed, not when telling her mother or the 911 operator that Caylee was missing. It would take a saint to give her the benefit of the doubt. I can only hope that justice for Caylee will prevail and soon.

Comment by Ginger — September 10, 2008 @ 3:37 pm

I completely agree with this very well written article/blog. People need to put their emotions aside and do what is right for this missing child. Once Caylee is found, then rant, rave, vent, scream, holler, protest and accuse all you want. Let’s just FIND THIS BABY!!!

Comment by Mary — September 10, 2008 @ 3:59 pm

My heart goes out the Cindy Anthony. I to am the mother of a daughter, age 25, who is now pregnant. This will be my first grandchild. I know how it feels to want to believe you own adult child in everything she says. But, there is just too much evidence suggesting Casey has done something horrible to her own daughter. There comes a point in being a mother (Cindy)that you must step back, clear your head, and do the right thing. As hard as it might be Cindy can support her daughter, but needs to STOP

Comment by Sue — September 10, 2008 @ 3:59 pm

I agree that the focus should be on Caylee. However, from all of the evidence collected so far, it seems that Caylee is dead and her mother killed her and Caylee’s mother and granparents have done absolutely nothing to help the police. Casey never reported her child missing, and then after 31 days Cindy, not Casey, reported the child missing. Casey then lied and lied and lied leading the police nowhere. Cindy then did the helpful thing by washing Casey’s clothes that smelled like a dead body. How nice of her. And I am absolutely convinced that little Caylee’s body has not been found because George Anthony helped his daughter out by getting rid of the body. Casey does not seem very bright by the stupid and obvious lies she keeps telling, so it is doubtful that she could get rid of a body so well that it has not been found, but George Anthony the ex-cop, the first guy to see and smell Casey’s dead body smelling car, knew right away what happened to Caylee and then got rid of the body. Just ask Drew Peterson, the ex cop whose wife “disappeared” how easy it was to dispose of a body. All three of these people are guilty, Casey of murder and George nd Cindy for aiding and abetting and obstruciton of justice. They need to all be charged and convicted of this heinous act. There is also the possibility that George is actually Caylee’s father. She looks just like him and mysteriously Caylee doesn’t have a father, he supposedly died in a car accident. Right!!! This family is so screwed up that something as creepy as George fathering Casey’s baby is an aboslute possibility and would completely explain the utter dysfunction and emotional problems this family has, after all casey is screwed up for a reason, what better reason than incest at the hands of her own father, and the acceptance of the incest by her mother. Perhaps a DNA test should be performed to see if George is the father of Caylee.

Comment by lissa — September 10, 2008 @ 4:00 pm

believing her daughter’s lies. It’s not hard to see how “spoiled” of a life Casey has lived. Taking advantage of everyone that comes her way. Be strong Cindy, and look at the evidence. I know you want you granddaughter back and I pray she is still alive.

Comment by Sue — September 10, 2008 @ 4:02 pm

i think that she wants to get paid for the bulshit that she is putting everyone through and the dumb ass storys are getting old as hell! casey is worried about her self and not he daughter! i think she should spend life there that wortless cunt!!!

Comment by hunters mommy — September 10, 2008 @ 4:08 pm

I couldn’t agree with this blog more. Get off the Anthony’s front lawn and look for this child. Dead or alive. Cindy is a grandmother and a mother. She is in pain people. Maybe she is trying to win her daughters trust to find out what happend to Caylee. You don’t know. I don’t know. Give them a break. As for Casey, her lawyer is her world right now. She is probably thinking about having children with him. How he will make it all better. He is working on his case because he knows she is in big trouble. If at any time Casey, you read this…..YOU ARE FOOLING NO ONE!!! Just like Scott Peterson the truth will come out and you will spend your life in jail. Your sickness is one of the worst. You take out the people you say you love. But the truth is, you don’t know how to love.

Comment by Elaine — September 10, 2008 @ 4:29 pm

Paying Casey to talk interview or do anything is beyond ridiculous - who the hell is she but a bad parent who maybe was not the one to hurt Caylee (yeah right) …. at the end of the day then she is a mother who doesn’t seem to give a crap where her daughter really is or about all the other missing children whom all of these resources could be going to in the search for them! The people she was shacked up with say she said Caylee was with the nanny - she didn’t tell Tony who mattered more to her than Caylee that her daughter was missing, didn’t seem bothered by anything actually… I bet her only tears in all of this is that she lost her boyfriend not her child… she is useless and it sickens me that she could profit from this. this story gets crazier every day and all I know is Caylee is still missing and her mom is still not helping do anything but cover up her own shit… WORST MOTHER! ROT IN JAIL CASEY AND BE FORGOTTEN.. I can’t wait for that day to come!

Comment by angela — September 10, 2008 @ 4:35 pm

After reading your blog a few nights back, my take on Cindy has changed. I believe wholeheartdly that Cindy is innocent to the fact that she just wants Caylee back. She may have altered parts of evidence due to the emotional strain her daughter put her under! The newest claims that the Attention Whore is getting book & movie offers is kind of funny! What she is saying is PURE speculation, there is NOTHING backing up what comes spewing out of her mouth; YET we have seen quite a bit from the powers that be that PROVE she is lying. No one wants to blow a million on speculation! Her Cloud will crash HARD soon!! My newest shock in this case is that it is a Democratic based media company that is pushing this for her. The message I am getting is that they are supportive of baby killers(period.), AS long as they can make a buck, EVEN if it’s from murdered children…They claim her “human rights” were violated, she gave up those rights when she murdered her child. Let the person taht fronted the half mill to get her out support her. I am an Independant, X Republican, who is STRONGLY swaying towards the Republicans again, gawd knows WHAT the Dems would do should they be in the Government, personally, Im not chancing it, AND I have been telling everyone, thing, etc…that I can, and they are SHOCKED, and YES it is swaying their take on the next President! I am believing that Palin is NOT so bad, hell, they are making Palin look like a saint! ; )

Comment by CelesteBlueDawn — September 10, 2008 @ 4:39 pm

This case is getting crazier and crazier! Let the investigaters do there jobs. The investigaters are on top of this case and just want all their T’s crossed and I’s dotted. Eventually there will be an end to this crazy situation. I don’t feel sorry for Cindy or George! She asked for it by having any kind of dialogue with the public. She should at least look sad for one day. Shouldn’t she???? George knows the truth and he should have told his wife to shut her mouth! Let the house of cards fall.

Comment by Eddie from Pitt — September 10, 2008 @ 4:41 pm

If Cindy, George and Lee Anthony are victims - who are they victims of? It would seem to me that they
are victims of Casey or am I wrong? It seems they have been victims of hers a long time. Her stealing of money from not only her parents but her grandparents, her lies, and now the loss of their granddaughter. Even if she were not involved in Caylees death - she was the person responsible to take care of Caylee and keep her safe and she did not do that. Caylee was lost on her “watch” so to speak.
Whether she harmed Caylee or someone else did, it was
Casey’s responsibility as she was in her care. Yes the Anthony Family are victims - but they are victims
of Casey. I resent this Mark Nejame coming in at the 7th hour and lecturing the public on this case.
Most of the public has followed these events word by word, line by line every single day for the last two months.
If the Anthony’s dont seem to have the public’s sympathy its because of their demeanor. They have from the beginning taken on a combative style with the press and media. Especially Cindy. I dont remember feeling anything but sorry for the Scott Peterson family - they believed their son was innocent and I didnt hold it against them. I dont think anyone did. Most of us held a different opinion
but their attitude and posture when being interviewed
was nothing like the Anthony’s who could be a tag team
for the World Wrestling Association. So Mr Nejame,
the Anthony’s are victims - but its their daughter who has victimized them.

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 10, 2008 @ 4:44 pm

My god this story keeps making me sicker and sicker the judge should stop her from profiting from this maddness! These cops better be doing thier jobs or i fear the public will take justice into their own hands………

Comment by justice — September 10, 2008 @ 4:45 pm

This case seems hopeless unless the police have scientific evidence that they have not revealed yet. This little girl has been gone for what seems like forever. I believe that Casey has done something with Caylee, but I’m not sure they’ll be able to prove it. I feel bad for Cindy Anthony in the sense that her granddaughter is probally dead and her daughter probally killed her. I understand wanting to believe your children and not wanting to believe that they would do something so terrible. What I don’t understand is the complete denial that she has shown. Casey has lied to Cindy for years and those are Cindy’s words. So why now does Cindy believe that Casey is being truthful about the kidnapping. Casey’s father was a police officer what does he think when they say there was a dead body in her trunk? Who’s dead body does he think was in there? At some point you have to step back and think. If someone besides their child was the “person of interest” with the same circumstantial evidence what would they think then?

Comment by tired — September 10, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

Wow….I love reading the comments. I believe Casey is guilty and I believe the parents deep down know but are in denial. Casey was probably trying to teach her mother a lesson but all in all Caylee was imposing in her life. From what I have read….Casey wanted to put Caylee up for adoption to begin with. There is some guilt to feel….the one who talked her into keeping the baby….sometimes….parents shoud just step aside and allow their children to walk on their own two feet. Are her parents to blame…..yes, they have made mistakes. Have they learned anything??? probably not. Parents enable their children thinking they are helping them and they have a sense of control. In reality…the enabled person has control. Most time, the enabler doesn’t know how to stop. It appears that Cindy was on to her game and was trying to change the direction. Now she is worried about not only losing a child but a grandchild too. I believe the Anthony’s know Caylee is gone but they will NEVER admit it or that their child had something to do with it. Blood is thicker than water!!

Comment by Ally Kat — September 10, 2008 @ 4:56 pm

While I agree that the grandparents in this situation aren’t above reproach, I feel that they are being criticized too harshly. It seems to be a common consensus that, whatever happened to Caylee, the relationship between Casey and her mother played a pivotal role. I believe that Cindy Anthony had every intention of evicting her daughter and gaining custody Caylee and had taken steps in that direction when her granddaughter disappeared. Given that reality, I feel that her denial stems not only from a refusal to believe that Caylee is gone, but that her actions may somehow have precipitated the whole thing. She tried to do right by her granddaughter and it backfired. Casey Anthony may be a monster, but her parents are only human.

Comment by Barb — September 10, 2008 @ 5:15 pm

I agree with hunters mommy.

Comment by Eddie S — September 10, 2008 @ 5:41 pm

Can’t believe that Casey would talk to writers or a television studio? Money will loosen her lips like nothing else.

Comment by Ga in TX — September 10, 2008 @ 5:54 pm

I agree with you Barb, that is a valid point, about Cindy Anthony feeling guilty. And also possibly George might hold her to blame as well. However, there is only one person that is to blame and that is Casey. I have followed true crime since I first read Truman Capotes book “In Cold Blood”
when it was released in 1966 - I was 19 years old.
Its funny, I never forget the name of the victims,
the Clutters. It was so horrifying - but of course,
the world has grown up since then and there have been a lot of horrors, much to all our regret. I dont think in all that time I have ever heard of such a ridculous story and the amount of lies being told by one suspect. In Susan Smiths’ case she blamed “a black man” for taking her children. This was disproved
almost immediately as the police broke her story down.
In Casey Anthony’s case, the Anthony family has helped
to obscure the facts of this case, and they are continuing to do so by their outrageous behavior and its working. The media just eats up all their crazy theories and claims and frankly, I feel it has caused the police to hold back on a more serious charge.
So we dont fault the Anthonys for being human - we fault them for trying to persuade us something that I believe they know is patently untrue.

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 10, 2008 @ 6:01 pm

Wow.. all this time the police are trying to get info from this “mother”, Casey. Nothing but absurd lies came from her mouth. She has been such a manipulator of her family that she thinks because THEY believe her BS that everyone else will. SORRY!

Sooooo… how silly have we all been? All that she was waiting for is a million dollars to say what she did with her daughter!

How easy it could have been from the beginning! Quick..give her the money.. lets find the little girl!

Then.. the police can decide what to do with the Millionaire Murderer.

Comment by elaine — September 10, 2008 @ 6:11 pm

I wonder what John Walsh thinks of this whole fiasco?

Comment by elaine — September 10, 2008 @ 6:14 pm

#9 CelesteBlueDawn, yes the murder of this little girl and subsequent cover up is clearly a political issue. WTF???

Comment by J D — September 10, 2008 @ 6:54 pm

I have absolutely no sympathy for Cindy and George Anthony. Blood may be thicker than water, but it’s important to think with your head and not your heart -especially when the life of a 3-yr old is in question. Casey is an adult whose parents should hold accountable for her own actions; Caylee is an innocent toddler who depends on clear thinking/level headed adults to protect and care for her. If my daughter had done the things that Casey has done and came home with a car that smelled of death, I would not hesitate to call the police. I definitely wouldn’t wash the smelly clothes in the car - how stupid! And, if my daughter couldn’t tell me where my grandchild was, I’d pressure her anyway legally possible to get to the truth - for my granchild’s sake, not just my own. If this meant leaving my daughter in jail, that’s definitely what I’d do. I’d also discourage anyone from making her bail. I wouldn’t want her in my home or worry about how to shield her from the consequences of her own actions. My focus would be entirely on my grandchild. Sometimes we need to love our children enough to allow them to hate us.

People don’t change or do things differently until they excperience enough pain. Casey has no reason to speak up and tell the truth. She isn’t suffering in any way. In fact, she is probably enjoying her new found fame of being in the limelight and having the media surround her and people ‘protecting’ her. All eyes are on her and SHE IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL. No one can make her tell what she knows and my guess is that she loves this. SHE HOLDS THE POWER. Sick minds such as Casey’s feel most in control when they are most out of control.

If it were possible for the media and public to back off and suddenly show no interest, I suspect Casey might begin to unravel and do or say something to regain the attention she currently receives. Of course this isn’t possible because we all want to find little Casey and bring her home - one way or the other. And, the news channels and newspapers want to keep the mystery alive and attract viewers and readers. Perhaps, we all care too much, but this innocent little girl deserves for us to care. She deserves for us to do whatever we can to find her and to find the truth. I don’t think this story will be forgotten even after the final chapter is read.

Comment by Laurie — September 10, 2008 @ 7:04 pm

I think George and Cindy Anthony are protecting their daughter, and just don’t want to think that their baby granddaughter has been murdered. What parent would want to think their own kids are murderers?! The whole world knows Casey is a constant liar, even her own parents. So instead of recognizing the lies their daughter has told, and written in police reports, they would rather believe Casey, so they don’t have to deal with the heartache, and publicity of Casey killing her own daughter. Everyone knows, (except for the Anthonys) that the only, and best way to ever get their grandbaby back is to cooperate with the authorities. But I guess you can say they have, because Casey keeps feeding them a web of lies. Who knows…maybe Caylee is alive and has been taken by someone. Lets hope so.

And why the hell is Casey spending her hours with her attorney?? AND, why is he allowing her to do so?? From what i read about her on the internet, is that she gets around! Hmmm, i won’t go there, i’ll wait until i hear it in the media. HAHA

Lets hope Little Caylee is brought home, so that everyone can be at ease. And lets hope that when she is brought home, Justice will be done.

Comment by Sherrie — September 10, 2008 @ 7:20 pm

All I got to say is I hope with all my heart that this girl doesn’t get off on a technicality- and is able to live life forever a free woman with millions of dollars that the people that have been wanting to put Caylee first are paying for. That is all America wants to see in a movie, interview, or read in a book deal– Information that can lead them to this poor defenseless child. Casey Anthony is smiling and highfiving cause she (if they dont find a body to link her directly) is walking free, with more money than she ever dreamed possible with no education or work experience behind her. And “the revenge” spoke of earler, is exactly why she feels no remorse for her parents for their grievance. People are protesting, screaming at them when they check the mail, rooting through their garbage, and threatening them… torturing them. Casey by law can’t leave the house, I think shes gettin with her lawyer- she would screw around with anyone who will give her attention, and when she is at home I believe she watches tv, and surfs the internet- constantly. She doesnt have to deal with anyone unless shes getting in and out of a car- or being “frisked” before meetings with her lawyer. She is being picked up in brand new mustangs, taken to the lawyers office (which rest- assured) is gorgeous inside, and hanging out for hours on end, while her parents are at home in utter misery. Lets all pray Caylee is located, for her own justice… and, to put Casey behind bars for good.

Comment by Evelyn — September 10, 2008 @ 7:21 pm

k, I like your blog here. I don’t always agree with you on some things but I think you are trying hard to be reasonable about it all. The emotions of it are getting people really worked up.

>>>>Mark Hacking’s brothers who helped convince him to confess, and it was Ted Kaczynski’s brother who turned him in. <<<<
I am very familiar with the Hacking case. This family was aware that Mark had some mental health issues and saw some really unusual and bizarre behaviors besides the wife’s disappearance. The thing that turned them to their brother was the changes in behavior and other things that were out of the ordinary.

Kaczynski’s brother recognized his writing. And he was well known to be more than odd.

So, although the brothers did help solve this case, I think that there is a big difference. First, I find nothing to show that Casey’s behavior is really any different than typical. I find nothing to show she was ever diagnosed with a mental illness or thought to have one - both Mark and Ted did. And last, a parent’s love and bond with their child is vastly different than a siblings. Although the sibling relationship is very important it is not the same as the parent/child.

Oh, and Ted’s brother and Mark’s brothers did not have the relationship with the victims that Cindy and George have with Caylee. Besides, there was a significant evidence of death. Many bodies in Ted’s case. A very bloody mattress in the Hacking murder.

Don’t you think that if a body is found we will see a difference in the Anthony’s demeanor. Right now hope is keeping them going - and they really do have a right to hold on to that hope. I would expect people who love me to hold on to hope as long as there is even a shred of a chance I was alive.

Comment by Linn — September 10, 2008 @ 7:50 pm

“Casey’s behavior isn’t really any different than typical?” There is so much I find wrong with that statement I would not even know where to begin.

As I am sitting hear reading Linn’s post, I am also listening to the Anthony’s defense attorney on Nancy Grace. It just struck me that much of what Linn is saying about the Anthony’s right to “hold on to hope” is almost exactly the same as to what I am hearing the lawyer say right on Nancy Grace. I just find that interesting.

Comment by Kimi — September 10, 2008 @ 8:36 pm

Now Casey’s atty is filing a motion to stop all dna testing stating that he has not been able to have any say so on how it’s tested, by whom & where.
Uhhh, duh, he can’t reguest that considering she hasn’t been charged w/ murder, aiding in a kidnapping, giving her child away or selling her child.
The DNA testing is being done in order to try to find a child that was reported missing, kidnapped what have you.
Sounds like Beaz knows his client has a good posibilty of facing a murder charge!
I can’t help but wonder what a what wonderful life that baby could be living right now if she would have been put up for adoption!

Comment by chrissy — September 10, 2008 @ 8:43 pm

Theres Been Another News Article This Past Week Thats Eerily Similar To Casey Anthony Story Of An Autistic 2 Yr Old Little Boy Found Dead In The Trunk Of His Mother’s Car. The body of The autistic 2-year-old was found Friday in the trunk of his mother’s car, some six weeks after the car had been towed to a wrecking yard. The Associated Press reports that the body of the boy, James, may have been in the trunk for months as his mother drove around town

Comment by Jennyb — September 10, 2008 @ 8:53 pm

That is so sad
Thousands of children die as a result of child abuse and neglect in America every year. Look up that stats. It really is unbelievable.

Comment by Kimi — September 10, 2008 @ 8:57 pm

Wow Linn I found you over here. I would have to go along with post #26 in which you are quoted. Caseys behavior is typical? If thats the case then there is no hope for the future of the human race. Is it typical for someone whos daughter was kidnapped? What bothers me the most about this entire sad story is how Casey deleted all of Caylee’s photos. That seems to indicate typical behavior of a women that knows her daughter is never coming home.

Comment by JD — September 10, 2008 @ 9:00 pm

I feel awful for the grandparents I would like to help them in anyway I can. please hang in there and I am praying your granddaughter is found alive.

I am a mother and grandmother myself. I will continue to pray for you and your family. And I hope in some way you can get through to your daughter and get help for caylee asap. sometimes you have to do what you have to. letting your daughter fend for herself, for a while and do what ever it takes to find your beautiful granddaughter who can not help herself.

I will pray for all of you

mimi

Comment by mimi — September 10, 2008 @ 9:34 pm

I didn’t get my point across right. Casey’s behavior is typical for her. Not typical for 22 years old across America - just no real changes, that I can identify, for her.

Comment by Linn — September 10, 2008 @ 9:50 pm

JD - are you stalking me? LOL.

I agree that taking the pics off of Myspace seems odd - but then I would need to see the history of her page. Did she often take off pictures and put up different ones. Did she make changes just this one time? I don’t have the answers to those questions and that would influence my final judgement on it.

Yes, if Casey’s behavior is typical - for young moms - heaven help us. Sometimes don’t you write things and know exactly what you are saying and then through another’s eyes it is somehow really different from your intent?

I don’t find the fact that I said the grandparents get to have hope and so did their attorney to be interesting. In all cases there is a need for hope. I give my clients permission to hope for a better future. I give my kids permission to have hope for whatever they are striving for. Hope is a big part of how we get through difficult times.

I would suspect that Mr. Baez is expecting a murder charge. He may be a bit pre-mature in regards to the DNA testing - but he does have a right when the time comes to challenge it. Give him credit for trying to speed up that request - if he has his chance to evaluate the evidence now it might speed things up later. I don’t know - but it might.

Comment by Linn — September 10, 2008 @ 10:01 pm

I haven’t heard anything about Gale St. John and her crew of fellow psychics in quite a while. Have they made any statements lately? It was reported that the Anthony family requested their help. Have they given up? Just wondering….

Comment by Sal Gal — September 10, 2008 @ 10:06 pm

Well, no, the three situations (Casey Anthony, Mark Hacking, Ted Kaczynski) are not totally similar, but the common thread running in the second two is that in those cases, it was the family who had something to do with helping to solve the case. As hard as it was for them, they put aside their own feelings for the greater good, even though it happened in different ways.

In Casey’s case, Cindy has been quoted as saying Casey had some problems and had stolen from them before. This was the last straw, the stealing from the grandparent’s account. It was for Caylee’s sake that she held off on putting the hammer down on Casey as long as she did.

There are just too many inconsistencies in both Cindy and Casey’s stories. Something isn’t right here. Something is definitely off. btw, when Casey deleted pictures of Caylee, I understand it to be that she deleted them off her hard drive. I could be wrong. But for someone to do that…well, I know when I was dating and if I got mad at my boyfriend, or if I was angry with a friend, and I told them I didn’t want to see them again, I’d tear up their photos as a symbol I was through with them (this was pre-personal computers).

I do try to be fair, even when my opinion of the subject is pretty much decided in my head. That’s one reason why my articles are so long…I probably spend way too much time looking at all sides of the story before I render my own opinion, if i have one. I will say I will GLADLY eat my words (as I have done here before) if Caylee is found alive. I hope she is. However, I don’t think it will happen. But thank you for that, I appreciate it.

Comment by k — September 10, 2008 @ 10:08 pm

Casey and her mother are just like Joel Peterson - completely delusional. These twisted reality sisters believe the scrutiny and attention they are receiving is unfair. They want everyone to just accept the idea that a child vanished into thin air. In their reality it’s perfectly ok to refuse to cooperate (and even go out of your way to confuse) anyone attempting to bring this little girl home. The efforts of law enforcement and the community to find the truth is a violation of their privacy, their rights. What about the rights of that poor child? Hostility and frustration toward these people is understandable. Their actions invite this type of reaction. Their guilt is certain. People can say it’s wrong to condemn a person purely based on the way they behave but the Anthony’s have done nothing but block the efforts of law enforcement. They can say whatever they want. The media is not making up the fact that Casey didn’t report her missing child. The media didn’t make up the call her mother put in to the police. The mother, in spite of claiming the trunk of her car smelled like a dead body and her daughter should be arrested is now proclaiming her daughter’s innocence. This is a sick family. Every one of them, through their own actions is going to end up in prison, God willing. I don’t hold much hope that this little girl is still alive but sooner or later the truth will come out.

Comment by massmom — September 10, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

#11 (Elaine), VERY well put! All I have to say to Mr. Nejame is the Anthony’s “denial” behavior…. not only now, but ALL of Casey’s life has cost little Caylee her life. It’s about darn time they start accepting responsibility for their part in Caylee’s disappearance!! No….I don’t think that they had anything to do with harming Caylee but they have hindured this investigation in many ways. Ie…..refusing to give Equusearch an article that would have Caylee’s scent on it. I could give example after example but I think you get my point. I believe Cindy and George want to find Caylee (per the Nancy Grace show tonight) more than anyone else…….but they only want to “find” her if she’s alive and won’t accept anything less. Again……denial. The denial has been going on for years and continues to date! Hiring Mr. Nejames is a day late and a dollar short in my opinion……….the damage has been done as far as the reputation of Cindy and George……and ALL brought on by their attitudes and big mouths! I’ve seen the videos over and over again of them getting as close as they can to the protestors, while hammering away at their signs and putting up their caution tape, and making their smart “comments.”…….AGAIN….they just ask for the attention they are getting. Would I be one of the protestors???…..no. I would be out looking for Caylee…..but where does one begin when their are so many lies that have been told???? As far as Casey talking…..NEVER….lose lips sink ships. She won’t give up her freedom and go to prison…even for a 1.5 million dollars……Heck….she can steal all the money she wants! I believe that Cindy, George and Lee COULD have asked Casey questions about Caylee via hand written notes that they could have passed back and forth to each other, even if they thought their house was bugged…..I’m not buying it that they “couldn’t ask her anything while she has been at their house and out of jail!” They are all pretty clever people.

Comment by Caylee has stolen America's heart — September 10, 2008 @ 10:21 pm

Does anyone think that the Anthony’s new attorney looks like a vampire straight out of the Twilight series??? Just sayin…

Comment by Kristin Worried — September 10, 2008 @ 10:28 pm

One other comment - if any deals are brokered by publishers to pay for the Anthony’s story there should be an organized protest. Financiers should be named, books and their publishers should be boycotted, letters should be written. Bloggers around the world should “out” anyone who tries to profit from this tragic story. Pull together folks and do what you can to stand up against people who want to exploit this poor child for celebrity and financial gain.

Comment by massmom — September 10, 2008 @ 10:34 pm

“They believe, they desperately believe that Caylee is still here and that’s their right,” he said.

That’s sort of like saying that people have the right to be delusional. I guess they do but being delusional isn’t greiving.

It’s just plain unhealthy for attorneys and friends to support people in delusional thinking and to think the public should support this too!

I’ll support the Anthony’s in their grief but they haven’t gotten to that stage yet.

Comment by Karen — September 10, 2008 @ 10:45 pm

Linn, I type things all the time and know exactly what I wish to state, only to find out post-distribution, that my statement was completely misconstrued by the intended audience….

Kristin, I will agree with you that Nejame is a little vampiresque….

I hope they find Caylee, wherever she may be. I can’t imagine what it would be like not to know where my nieces or nephews are (I have no children yet) I find myself worrying about them even when I know exactly where they are (ie. school).

Comment by Ar878 — September 10, 2008 @ 10:47 pm

Lorraine the trash inspector was pretty funny if I say so myself. The video of her being quizzed on her actions was hysterical. Who does that!! Can you imagine? And she only wanted to use her first name so Cindy wouldn’t come after her with a hammer. lol

Comment by Karen — September 10, 2008 @ 10:50 pm

Hrmmm, according to this article, Casey may be getting rearrested tonight:
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212171202.shtml

Wonder if that will turn out to be true.

Well written and thought out as always.

There’s something that keeps nagging at me about the whole thing. I’m not sure how this may tie in (I have some theories, though), but it’s something that keeps standing out to me when I read about this. Casey told her friends she was getting her parents house (and had $15,000 saved up) and that George was cheating on Cindy, causing tension in the house. This was told to her while Caylee was missing. Amy found out from Cindy it was a lie when they were going to find Casey. I truly wonder if this could have been even more twisted had Cindy not gone to get her and called the police. This is pure speculation, but something just doesn’t seem right. She told Amy her parents were moving away and giving her the house. I really think that Casey had plans to get the house (and money, since she mentioned the $15,000 she had), and get her family out of the way, telling friends that she gave Caylee over to her parents and they moved elsewhere. Again, just speculation but something that has been sticking out in my head. Something just doesn’t sit right, and I really think the lies she told Amy were another piece in the twisted puzzle that is going on.
I could be completely wrong. Despite any thoughts in my head I have about this case, it might end up being something completely different. If somehow Casey really is innocent (not of the charges she has already been arrested for, obviously), I will eat my words and apologize for any negative thing I said about her (other than her being an unfit parent for waiting so long to report Caylee missing, and being selfish getting tattooed and partying while she should have been looking for Caylee).

I just want to see that child found, if she’s dead (which evidence seems to point to), she at least deserves a proper burial.

I apologize for the ramble, my two month old decided 1-4 am is awake time for the past few nights.

Comment by delilah — September 10, 2008 @ 10:55 pm

I believe Ms. Anthony slipped up and gave Caylee too much chloraform accidently. The child probably was supposed to sleep the night away in the car trunk while Casey partied. Casey now has no reason to divulge where she burid Caylee. She has no choice but to play this out and hope she won’t be charged with murder one. I also believe that if George and Cindy had any influence at all over Casey she would not have stolen money from them and her grandparents or “act out” as she had done. I believe there is something really wierd with the child’s DNA indicating she may have been a by-product of some sort of in-breeding. If this theory is true, Casey may really hate her parents for allowing or accepting this in-breeding and feels she deserves anything she can get from them. She may have deep down loved/hated Caylee as a constant reminder of someone taking advantage of her and used her as a pawn against her parents. We may never know where Caylee is buried. And as an aside, have the police ever checked what is underneath that concrete slab in the Anthony’s backyard?

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 10, 2008 @ 10:57 pm

When I first heard of this case and saw Cindy Anthony on television I had a gut feeling that she wasn’t wrapped to tight.Everyone has that first chance to make an impression good or bad. We have all heard the sayings,don’t be so quick to judge,and first impressions are not always right.On the other hand there are the,go with your gut feelings,and first instincts are right,sayings. I fall somewhere in the middle.I take my first impression and wait till I know the person better to come to a conclusion. So don’t think that what I’m about to say is based on the first impression only. In the beginning I felt very sorry for Cindy and George Anthony. Even after Cindy recanted the dead body in the trunk story I still felt sorry for her. I could understand her being upset and stressed out and saying the first thing that pops into her head. Now if that was me in those circumstances I might have said it smelt like a dead animal,or I opened the trunk and it was the worst smell I ever smelt.I think most people would equate a bad odor to something they have experienced in the past,having no knowledge of what a dead body smells like I would not have used that as a comparison. It wasn’t until Cindy continued to try and get the rest of the world to believe it was old pizza did I lose sympathy for her. All she had to do was say she made a mistake and drop the subject.From that point on,she just continued to change her stories and started telling lies,or maybe as she described Casey “telling half truths”. I do not have respect for anyone who lies and especially someone who does it so naturally to people who are trying to be helpful. Being in a stressful and very emotional situation does not give anyone a license to lie. So when this lawyer say’s give Cindy and George a break,and “you don’t know how you would act if you were in their shoes. I can honestly say ” yes I do”,I sure as hell wouldn’t be on national television making up stories. It has gotten to the point where Casey lies and Cindy swears to it. I am not trying to belittle the Anthony’s, but they brought most of this upon themselves.They keep saying lets turn the focus back to Caylee,as far as I can tell it has always been about Caylee. Casey is her mother and the last one to see her.Cindy is the grandmother who reported her missing and who played as big a role in Caylee’s life as her mother did. You cannot have a missing child without the immediate family being in the spotlight.Under the circumstances,Jose Baez and the Anthony’s stating that Casey has told them everything she knows,lacks credibility. Do they really expect us to believe them,when she has lied about so many important things? It makes me wonder about their sanity. There is no justification for the lies, when a little girls life hangs in the balance. When Cindy has stated that Casey is a pathological liar,why does she believe her now,she of all people should know her like a book. I don’t have to walk in their shoes to know how I would behave. I do believe that everyone handles grief and stress in different ways and I have read about most of them, I have also experienced them.These people have written a whole new text on odd behavior.

Comment by er margie — September 10, 2008 @ 11:03 pm

#42: The news crews got her on film, she lives just a few blocks away, her name is Lorraine…how many Lorraines do you know? They showed her house! If she didn’t want to be filmed or known then she should have taken stealth measures…or better yet, stayed home.

I put her in the same class as the Padillas…some people just have to make themselves part of a story that is really none of their business.

Comment by k — September 10, 2008 @ 11:12 pm

I believe Cindy and George know Caylee is dead and are part of an elaborate cover-up. They are trying to distract the police in their efforts to find the body. There is evidence of some really sick family dynamics. Maybe due to some extreme guilt feelings regarding Casey?????

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 10, 2008 @ 11:12 pm

“I believe there is something really wierd with the child’s DNA indicating she may have been a by-product of some sort of in-breeding.”

There is no DNA evidence that has been in the news that would lead one to suspect in-breeding! Every human has the same DNA in their hair as their mother no matter who the father is!

Comment by Karen — September 10, 2008 @ 11:31 pm

Here is an interview with Dr Deborah Schurman-Kauflin
that I picked uo from the Investigation Discovery website. Dr Kauflin gives insightful anaylsis of
Casey Anthony’s behavior:
ARTICLE:
Last month, Dr. Deborah Schurman-Kauflin, President of the Violent Crimes Institute, LLC, shared her thoughts on Casey Anthony, mother of missing three-year-old Caylee Anthony.

Dr. Schurman-Kauflin recently got back from traveling and upon checking her inbox, she found dozens of emails from readers who want to know why Casey Anthony is not helping in the search for Caylee.

“She never wanted her baby and felt put upon to be a mother,” Dr. Schurman-Kauflin told Investigation Discovery. “Often in situations like this, the mother is so self absorbed that the only way to get the mother to talk is to make everything about her. If you bring up Caylee, she will shut down. She is not interested. If a chronic liar who feels no remorse knows people need her, she is flush with power.”

According to Dr. Schurman-Kauflin, Anthony is manipulating everyone, including the media.

“She knows everyone is waiting with baited breath to hear about Caylee, so she is punishing everyone by being silent. To her, it is unfair that people are more interested in Caylee than her, and she will punish investigators, her family, friends, and the public. Not cooperating and staying quiet is a way of ‘getting even’ for perceived wrongs. Remember, it is all about her, not Caylee. When you make it about Caylee, she will stop talking. You have seen that already. Right now, Casey is feeling hurt. Her pain is her priority. No one should make the mistake of wondering why she doesn’t seem to care that her baby is gone. The truth is, one must look at this from Casey’s perspective. She is free now. She thinks if she talks to police, that freedom could be taken away.”

Dr. Schurman-Kauflin said that she felt Anthony rejected the limited immunity deal because she felt it was unnecessary.

“She feels safe and would be unaffected by pressure or psychological appeals for the whereabouts of her daughter,” Dr. Schurman-Kauflin said. The more she is attacked, the more she will dig in.”

However, Dr. Schurman-Kauflin said that there are signs to look for, which could signify Anthony is getting ready to talk.

“Look for her to turn to religion and either attempt to or speak of fleeing. When she gets to that point, she is most likely to talk about what really happened.”

Visit Dr. Deborah Schurman-Kauflin’s Website at: http://www.drdsk.com

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 10, 2008 @ 11:37 pm

That is true, HALF of the DNA from the mother, and HALF from the father. There is 4 components.

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 10, 2008 @ 11:38 pm

It would be extremely unlikely in the general population to obtain the other half that is identical to the mother. Odds would be greater from a blood relative. Yes, Elaine I agree Casey is really psychologically sick.

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 10, 2008 @ 11:42 pm

I found Dr Kauflin’s insights above into Caseys behavior to be spot on. Ill never forget that conversation that was recorded in the jail where
Casey was heard to say ” all they care about is finding Caylee”. As Dr Kauflin points out, Casey doesnt care about Caylee she only cares about herself,
so for all of us who wonder how she could harm her own child - keep in mind that sociopaths dont think like you or I. We are outraged when faced with the monsters that lurk among us with an ordinary face
but they do exist and they do kill and they dont care.

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 10, 2008 @ 11:44 pm

The DNA in hair is Mitochondrial DNA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA

mtDNA is inherited from the mother ONLY

That is why Casey`s hair and Caylee`s hair is identical because it only comes from Casey’s eggs. Through the process of elimination they could tell that Caylee was dead because Casey is still alive.

Comment by Karen — September 10, 2008 @ 11:51 pm

Some theories are that sociopaths are products of a dysfunctional family. Others assert that sociopaths can be made with head injuries in early life. And then others opine that this condition is a birth defect of the frontal lobe of the brain. The frontal lobe controls our emotions.

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 10, 2008 @ 11:56 pm

Karen, if it is mitochondrial you are correct, but I got the impression that it was not, since they had the whole root.

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 10, 2008 @ 11:58 pm

Well, if they could only tell by the process of elimination that the hair belonged to Caylee because they knew Casey was alive it’s fairly safe to assume they are talking about mtDNA and an exact match.

Otherwise there would be other variationsto tell them apart.

Comment by Karen — September 11, 2008 @ 12:06 am

I read in one of the articles….I am trying to locate it…that it was nuclear DNA…and that they figured possible in-breeding was very likely.

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 11, 2008 @ 12:09 am

This is the only reference I’ve seen -

http://www.540wfla.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=227698&article=4189759

From the bounty hunter who is surely not qualified to speculate on DNA.

I don’t mind anyone not being objective about this case but at least be factual. Maybe there is another report out there I haven’t read, but the article below is just bad science.

New Twist In Casey Anthony Case
Thursday, September 4, 2008

Brother may be tied to case

by Rozzie Franco and Nada Taha, 540 WFLA/FNN

ORLANDO, FLA. — The latest twist in the Casey Anthony case comes from the man who at one point gave her a “get out of jail free” card and may tie her brother, Lee Anthony, into the saga.

Bounty Hunter Leonard Padilla made national headlines when he bonded Anthony out of jail, but although he’s back in California, he’s not keeping himself too far away from the case of the missing 3-year-old toddler, Caylee Anthony.

Padilla said that he believes something didn’t add up about the preliminary DNA test results that came back last week from the trunk of Anthony’s car. Officials found strands of hair that they ruled could have either been Casey’s or Caylee’s.

“The Feds released information that the hair was either the mother’s or the daughter’s; they didn’t distinguish,” Padilla said. “Why would they not know whether it was the daughter or the mother? They didn’t say it was Caylee’s.”

Padilla said that officials ruled it was Caylee’s hair just by a process of elimination because the hair had a death ring around it and they know Casey is alive. The fact that the DNA is identical has something to do with who the father is, Padilla said.

“Would the DNA from a child resulting from a union from Lee and Casey have basically the same characteristics? Making the preliminary DNA check not definitive as to who the hair samples are from,” he said.

Padilla’s statements come at a time when police have filed more charges against Casey Anthony, who has already been arrested twice. Officials charged Casey Wednesday with two counts of uttering a forged check, two counts of petty theft and two counts of fraudulent use of personal identification.

Comment by Karen — September 11, 2008 @ 12:32 am

k, I know of other cases - very small ones in comparison - where family have helped solve them. The similarity is that there was a concern about the perps propensity for violence or for committing the act. Hackers knew Mark had problems - serious ones. The other thing that played a big part in that case was their religion.

For Casey, it doesn’t seem to be something that anyone thought she would do - hurt Caylee. That is why I feel they are different. Now, if a body if found - and the Anthonys get past the major grief, they may be able to identify things that were concerning that they didn’t really see before. Other than theft. Liars and thieves are certainly criminal but not necessarily murderers.

I haven’t heard Casey enough to say she has criminal thinking - but she certainly has been on a spree of late.

It is so hard to wrap my head around a mom killing her child and then just going on as though all was well. I have investigated child deaths when I worked CP. The moms or dads lied and denied, but there was a change in their behaviors from prior to the death and after. It was actually rather evident that something had occurred just from the behavior changes. No one is talking about how Casey has really changed. That is what is odd to me.

Comment by Linn — September 11, 2008 @ 12:33 am

I also think it was mentioned on one of Nancy Grace’s shows that the DNA was nuclear. It was also mentioned that they are not concerned with possible in-breeding as this has no bearing on the case. But,I believe the wierd family dynamics has honed Casey’s ability to stay so close-lipped and lie so expertly. This may indicate that this is a much-practiced skill she learned at an early age.

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 11, 2008 @ 12:34 am

#58 - Karen, Thanks. I agree, if you are not going to be objective at least be factual. Okay - you don’t mind if people aren’t objective - I prefer they are; but that is okay - differences make the world more interesting.

Padilla, from what I can find, is also the only one who has made reference to a process of elimination showing the hair must be Caylee’s because Casey is alive. I can not find any credible source that there was a “death” ring on the hair.

I would hate to check out my trunk - I suspect their is a combination of my hair and all my family’s. We toss things in the trunk - hats, uniforms, swim suits, sleeping bags - whatever. And there is probably a bit of dog hair and cat hair. Gosh, I best go vacuum. And, tonight there is no doubt some hair with root and good DNA source. I hit my head on the latch and left some blood also. Hope nothing happens to me - my hubby or son would be in deep dodo. (I just had to try for a bit of nonsense.)

Another thing that has bugged me - as if some care. There is an oft repeated statement from Casey, “all they care about is finding Caylee” but they forget the rest. She did state, “And that is all I care about too.” That makes a pretty significant difference.
This is one of my main issues with the “news” - they do sound bites and no one can be sure what the rest of the story is.

Comment by Linn — September 11, 2008 @ 12:57 am

You can bet if there is ANY skin attached to the hair samples at all, they have nuclear DNA. When the state finally releases all their findings, this case is going to be more soap-opera like than it already is.

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 11, 2008 @ 1:00 am

Linn, I agree that Casey is/was extremely jealous of Caylee. Also, I feel that since Cindy is a nurse (if she is a licensed nurse) would understand the impact of all the laboratory findings. If the FBI’s labs are performing the tests, wouldn’t the probability of error be slim to none? Wasn’t George a homicide detective? After years of service, he would certainly know the score. These two know the truth, but to avoid discussing it with anyone, will pretend they are ignorant.

Comment by morbidly fascinated — September 11, 2008 @ 1:16 am

#63 - I am not sure where the information regarding Casey being extremely jealous comes from - other than some television people who suggest it. I believe to know that for sure there is going to have to be a complete social/psychological evaluation. So I can’t agree or disagree with that statement.

As for Cindy being a nurse - I don’t know if she is or not - or if she is an LPN, RN or CNA. I don’t know that a nurse would necessarily understand forensic science unless they had worked in that area. Shoot nurses don’t always understand lab tests on live patients.

My understanding is that George was a sheriff’s deputy. So how much he would understand is also open to question.

The bottom line is - LE does not see them as persons of interest. They don’t have to discuss their deep inner feelings with the public. LE has stated that they have cooperated with them. So I don’t see any reason to keep second guessing what they know or don’t know. I really think LE has a much better idea about that than I do - and they don’t think that the Anthony’s know anything.

From what I can find - it seems the hair is where “someone deep in the police dept.” reported that decomposing DNA was found. So if it was decomposed it is possible that nothing was usable. The other thing is that if there was root - or skin - it will be very hard to be sure when it was deposited in the trunk. I believe there is going to need to be a lot more than a hair.

As for where could Casey have buried Caylee. The neighbor says Casey had the shovel for about 45 minutes. If, she dug up the body from the yard, as many believe, and then put the body in the trunk, drove to one of the areas that they believe she was in from the cell phone records, and then returned home and returned the shovel - I would think it all had to go a lot faster than I could dig and move. So that would limit the area of search, in my opinion.

Comment by Linn — September 11, 2008 @ 1:45 am

I was just wondering, (well hopeing) that maybe the reason she doesn’t seem to care is maybe casey signed adoption papers on caylee (so her mom couldnt have her) or DID give her to a family and did the rest of this to get attention, money and revenge. And when the book comes out it will be like….And when they finally did charge her with murder, she could produce adoption papers. YOu have to admit everyone would look really stupid, including her, but she IS at this moment, one of the most FAMOUS people in the united states. Everyone knows who she is.

Comment by Christina — September 11, 2008 @ 2:13 am

HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT A BOOK/MOVIE DEAL????

The life of toddler Caylee was taken {probably by her drug induced mother} {whose brother & parents knew about her addiction & “condoned” her stealing from not only themselves BUT EVERYONE that she came in contact with!!!}

I am TOTALLY DISGUSTED {live in Western Australia therefore cannot attend protests}…

I totally despise this entire family who I suspect are only out for the “5 minutes” of fame! AND THE MONEY!!!!

MEANWHILE a beautiful little girl is MISSING presumed dead….whilst her mother pulls the “DREW PETERSON” excuse….TOTALLY DISGUSTING…!!!!!

Casey should be back behind bars until she tells the truth…something that she is not capable of!!!!

This “wench” thinks only of herself…she is totally despicable!!!!

Her “Mouthpiece” told us that we would LOVE Casey when we heard of her “plight” PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS…I DON’T BELIEVE YOU!!!

Comment by Jill from Western Australia — September 11, 2008 @ 3:37 am

#34 asked the question about Gale ST John and team. From what I understand, Gale and the team just left Florida this last week. They completed one month of searching but ran out of money and were forced to return back to Ohio.

I would like to see Equusearch return as soon as possible to continue their searches.

Comment by Kimi — September 11, 2008 @ 6:57 am

#61, Linn, however if you listen to her when she says that statement, her voice in full of emotion when she says “all they care about is finding Caylee”, then a pause before she says emotionlessly “And that’s all I care about, too”. Almost as an afterthought. She sounded like a spoiled brat when she said the first part, and sounded like she added the second part to make it seem like she really did care. She also said “oh well” when her friend said “if anything happens to Caylee, I’ll die”. If she cared about finding Caylee, she would not have gone out partying with a huge smile on her face, if she cared about finding Caylee, she would cooperate with law enforcement. I truly believe she said that to either cover her rear end or to try to drop the conversation.

Comment by delilah — September 11, 2008 @ 8:09 am

First let me say,regarding book/ tv offers - shame on any person who would even entertain the thought of profiting on such a tragic event, but bigger shame on those who would make the offers! If Casey or her family should ever realize any ill-gotten money, the only consolation that I could find is that God has His own way of punishment and that this money would never be used by the Anthonys for anything good and will only bring more heartache and grief! Although I am not a religious person, I do believe that God’s justice will never allow Casey (or her family) to find any happiness with ill-gotten gains.

I strongly do not believe that Cindy or George have anything to do with Caylee’s disappearance and apparent death. I also empathize with them as a parent who would want to protect her child and would never want to believe that the child could be so heinous. It would not surprise me one bit if Cindy commits suicide when she finally learns (or accepts) that the now speculation may turn out to be the truth.

All of this is purely my speculation and not based on facts. People need to stop harrassing the family and the entire neighborhood of a very disturbed woman…. hopefully, things will eventually unravel with the aid of signs, dogs, picking through garbage, etc..

Comment by Sera — September 11, 2008 @ 9:00 am

Correction to last line of # 69….” People need to stop harrassing the family and the entire neighborhood of a very disturbed woman…. hopefully, things will eventually unravel with the aid of signs, dogs, picking through garbage, etc..”….I meant to say…. “WITHOUT” the aid of……” not WITH.

Comment by Sera — September 11, 2008 @ 9:04 am

Orange County detectives were expected to meet with the State Attorney’s office to discuss new evidence in the Caylee Anthony case. A source close to the investigation confirmed for Eyewitness News, that FBI test results show hair and a stain in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s car belong to her daughter, 3-year-old Caylee Anthony. Eyewitness News was also told the evidence found proves that she is dead…………….

Eyewitness news spoke to a forensic expert to find out how investigators are able to use DNA to determine that a dead body was in Casey’s trunk.

“Just putting the hair under the microscope one can tell the difference between a normal hair root and one that’s been infected with bacteria after death.” stated forensic expert Michael Baden.

Baden is a forensic pathologist who worked extensively on the OJ Simpson case. He also said the inside linings of the mouth and nose release fluid when they begin to decompose and that fluid can also be identified by DNA.

ttp://www.wftv.com/news/17315205/detail.html

Comment by Karen — September 11, 2008 @ 10:22 am

There is going to be a heck of a fight if they use the hair as evidence. I heard Mark Geragos an extremely well known criminal attorney call the examination of hair (as far as a person being alive or dead) “junk science”. So for every expert one side brings the other side can pay another “expert”
to dispute it. Today it was reported that Casey is facing 10 more charges for white collar crimes, i.e.
grand theft, checking forging, etc. Ten more charges
coupled with what she already has against her will carry charges of about 20 years. Maybe the police will let the D.A. procecute her on these charges
first - there is very little defense (they have her on video tape in many stores she cashed checks in)
and the least I believe she could serve is six years.
There is no statute of limitations on murder -they could then really take the time and build a strong case against her.

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 11, 2008 @ 11:14 am

Comment about picking through the garbage: I know it is “gross” as you say, and it IS - but, the lady who did it “ain’t no dummy”. I have friends in law enforcement and other friends in a State Workers Comp fraud unit. When they have someone under surveillance for WC fraud, for example, they WILL go to the suspects house and steal the trash at say 4 or 5 am. It is legal, as it was abandoned and it often does provide valuable clues. Wear gloves and hold your breath and get some evidence.

Comment by Renee D — September 11, 2008 @ 12:08 pm

The state attorney’s office filed 10 new felony charges against Casey Anthony on Thursday.

http://www.wesh.com/news/17445767/detail.html

But it doesn’t seem that she is going back to jail on those charges or her bond is being raised….

Comment by Kimi — September 11, 2008 @ 12:41 pm

She hasnt been arrested on the charges yet - this time however, I think Baez will “surrender her”
that means she comes in on her own steam, rather than police going to her house and handcuffing her like last time late at night. Bail on this will also be small in comparison probably around total $5000.00
which means the family puts up $500.00

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 11, 2008 @ 12:47 pm

I just picked up the following wesh.com - apparently these charges carry a sentence of 50 years! Also
she might not be re-arrested as she is bonded out on these charges already -

From wesh.com:
If convicted, Anthony’s charges — one grand theft count, three fraud counts and six forgery counts — could mean 50 years in prison.

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 11, 2008 @ 12:54 pm

Never thought of the whole George-is-Caylee’s-father angle… IT’S BRILLIANT! And totally plausible in this completely F’d up mess of a family… I wouldn’t be at all surprised if something like this underlies and is ultimately the reason for Casey’s sociopathic nature. That would explain Cindy’s proficiency at ignoring the elephant in the living room with regard to her daughter’s involvement in Caylee’s disappearance, as she quite probably had years of practice at living in complete and utter denial - of her husband’s incestuous relationship with their daughter. Whether this is actually the case or not, this family is utterly intolerable, all of them, for their varying levels of involvement in this disaster. It sickens me to my core that this poor, sweet, innocent, beautiul, helpless, Child of God has fallen victim to these sinister people. God be with Caylee, where ever she is.

Comment by G — September 11, 2008 @ 2:37 pm

It’s interesting that Cindy makes the statement that Casey has given “half truths” or “half lies”??????? A lie is a lie…….cindy’s (and George’s) exception of Casey’s “half truths” is why she is where she is at today and has a missing child!!!!!!!!! good grief Cindy and george!

Comment by caylee has stolen america's heart..... — September 11, 2008 @ 4:30 pm

I would also like to ask Mr. Nejame who is representing the George and cindy, how he expects to “clear” their reputation in public opinion when he does’t appear to be able to give us a straight answer either!! Seen him on several shows and he dances around the answers just as the anthony’s do! He is just there to try to keep their mouths shut……good luck with Cindy Anthony Mr. Nejame!

Comment by caylee has stolen america's heart..... — September 11, 2008 @ 5:15 pm

#73: I know and realize that picking through trash is sometimes part of an official investigation. But that’s just it…it is part of the OFFICIAL investigation. It isn’t just Joe Schmoe The Ragpicker from up the road coming and sorting through garbage.

I would doubt that anything she finds would be admissible, as even I can figure out (and I am not a lawyer) that it could be argued that she planted evidence in the trash. On the off chance there WAS something in there, she probably just screwed it up for the police. That’s why these things are done as part of a police investigation.

It totally amazes me that some people have this need to insert themselves in a story that has nothing to do with them. They need to leave it to the police and stop interfering.

Comment by k — September 11, 2008 @ 5:32 pm

“griefing parents”…what a joke. they are not grieving. Grieving is allowing yourself know and accept death and those grandparents are not doing that. they are embarrassed for the selfish child they raised.

how about really grieving? how about standing up to your daughter and put a stop to this madness.

the world is on your side if you just let them. we want to grieve with you but you have to stop protecting the your guilty daughter and embrace what the world is handing you and that is a should to cry on.

this family sickens me. your right casey….everyone lies….such as yourself.

i pray every night that the family will come to their senses and do caylee some justice.

please bring her home.

Comment by stacy — September 11, 2008 @ 7:07 pm

I believe Cindy and George are grieving. The grief process is much much more than allowing yourself to know and accept death. We actually can have grief over a lot more than death.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross has done a lot of work on grieving. She identifies 5 distinct stages of grieving.

The stages are:
Denial: “This can’t be happening.”
Anger: “NO! NO! How can you accept this!”
Bargaining: “I’ll do anything, just make it go away, or give us more time.”
Depression: “I’m so sad, why bother with anything?”; “I’m going to die . . . What’s the point?”
Acceptance: “It’s going to be OK.”; “I can’t fight it, I may as well prepare for it.”

These stages do not occur in a linear fashion - You don’t just go from one stage to the next and then the next. People can go from Denial to Depression and back to Denial, and so on. The stages don’t have any set time table either. A person’s grief process is very individual and it isn’t something you can tell them to just get over or past it.

I think the Anthony’s are in denial - denial is a very effective way our minds are wired to deal with things that are unimaginable and more than we can handle at the time. This stage will go on as long as it goes on. The persons history, life experiences, and lots of other things effect how they grieve. Just because one person deals with an issue one way doesn’t mean another person will or should do it the same.

That is one reason I feel it is very unfair to compare Cindy and George with any other parent or grandparent we know of who has dealt with tragedy. This tragedy isn’t like any other. And we really don’t know much about what is really going on with them, or went on with another person, from sound bites and the little bit the news brings in to our living rooms every day.

I really do not understand why people won’t let Cindy and George and Lee take care of their family the way they do it without all the vile judgements. We really do not know what they have said or tried to do with Casey. We have such a tiny bit of information - I sure don’t want to be judged based on a few minutes of tape chosen by a television person who wants ratings and viewers.

#79 - Mr. Nejame didn’t answer some questions asked - but he gave a very reasonable explanation why he didn’t. He is an officer of the court and doing as LE asked - don’t talk about the case - is his duty. He isn’t a PR person but is doing what he can to get people to realize that the innuendo’s, such as that George or Lee are the father are not even a consideration and that those who don’t know but make all sorts of statements are only making things worse. Protesting won’t change things. Being vile won’t change things. Being just plain mean spirited and making up facts isn’t going to change things and will only hamper a possible trial in the future.

I think his message that it is time to leave these grandparents alone with an important one. Those who are making vile allegations, wanting or saying they want to hurt them, and doing all they can to make the family miserable are not really any better. Just because you can get a lot of support in your meanness doesn’t make you right.

Comment by Linn — September 11, 2008 @ 8:53 pm

Today on Nancy Grace Leonard Padilla related that Lee stopped the Anthonys from taking a lie detector test that the FBI wanted to administer, and also he refused as well. Apparently Cindy and George were willing but Lee was not and stopped them. Thats interesting. Padilla has stated before that Casey has told Lee what happened to Caylee and Lee has told his parents. I assume from what Padilla said that they know Caylee is dead. All the rest of their protestations in public are a smoke screen to help the defense. This possibly is the reason that they have hired a criminal attorney. I think there is a line which the Anthony’s need help in keeping to, as to not be charged with obstruction. As Casey is such a big liar, its possible even if she admitted that Caylee is dead, the Anthonys could always say they have chosen not to believe her and continue to state
that Caylee is alive. The Anthony’s are the ones driving this case if you think about it - its their
constant presence in the media asking people to look for Caylee and making all these crazy claims that have helped to obscure the facts to the public and create doubts about Caylee being dead. This is their aim, to create those doubts which helps their daughters position.

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 11, 2008 @ 9:25 pm

#83 - I don’t trust Padilla any more than I trust Casey. He has been on, how many times, and denied things that he is now saying happened. He seems to come up with just enough to keep getting him back on the news. I have seen so many inconsistencies in his statements that I don’t listen to a thing he says anymore.

As for the Anthonys - I don’t know why they refused a polygraph. It could be that they feel they can’t trust LE. It could be that Mr. Baez advised them not to do it - I know few attorneys who will advise a client to take one. There is a reason they are not admissible in court. They are not 100% correct - there are false positives and false negatives. They get better with good operators but even then there are problems with them.

It could be that Lee has other things in his life he doesn’t want to come out. A polygraph isn’t just a question or two and all is good or bad. Frankly, if I were the Anthonys I would refuse to do one with LE even if I had absolutely nothing to hide.

Elaine, I don’t know of a single parent of a missing child who isn’t always out there asking people to help look for them. That is not what is driving this public circus. I would be so upset with them if they weren’t asking for people to look - or if they had given up hope of finding their grand daughter so easily.

It is so easy to sit in our living rooms and see what the media is giving us and make judgements. It is so unfair to judge the Anthonys for having hope and keeping Caylee’s search, for a live child, going.

Comment by Linn — September 11, 2008 @ 9:38 pm

#83 comment… I think maybe they avoided hooking these people up to a polygraph machine because the machine no doubt would instantly catch fire and explode if ANY member of this family was strapped into one. An explosion of that magnitude would rock the freaking world. Off topic, I wonder how Cindy’s nursing career is going to progress from here on out.

Comment by Pedro — September 11, 2008 @ 9:56 pm

I remember the Polly Klaas and Jessica Lunsford
cases very well. Both the fathers of these children took lie detector tests immediately and joined in the search night and day for their daughters. Both Jessica
and Polly unfortunately were found dead, murdered by predators who thankfully were caught. In no way does this case resemble them. There has been no cooperation in any way from the parent, Casey of the missing child nor the grandparents. Furthermore the grandparents are not suspects and neither is the brother, why refuse to take a polygraph? What are they hiding. The Anthonys did not help searchers in the woods to look for Casey because they are insistent that she is alive. I would think they would have searched anyway, as they cannot be sure she is alive -and wouldnt they want to know one way or the other? They are combative and unpleasant and angry at everyone save the one person who can help them to find out what happened to Caylee and that person is their daughter. I dont believe the Anthonys were involved in their granddaughers disappearance however, I do fault them for the attitude that they have taken. They in no way have ever really helped search for Caylee -its all subterfuge, I believe that they know quite well what
Casey is capable of, and in the few short months we have been following this case have figured it out as well.

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 11, 2008 @ 11:18 pm

#83 Thanks for the laugh. After watching hours and hours of this family talking to the media its obvious to me that NONE of them are capable of telling the truth. The mighty bounty hunter, Padilla, really needs to give it a rest. Every time he shows his face on tv its “breaking news”. If he’s privy to all of this new “information” why wasn’t he running his mouth before running back to Cali? I’m sure in the next few days Padilly will open up with more surprises. He’s no doubt giving a little info at a time to keep his mug on tv thats good for his business but disgraceful. If the Anthony “family” would take polygragh’s and PASS that sure would help their cause. #86 Thats the question. What are the Anthonys hiding? After watching their behavior and listening to their attacks and lies it makes me sick that they are considered victims in this circus they created.The one and only victim in this horrible mess is Caylee.

Comment by J D — September 12, 2008 @ 12:17 am

Sorry #83, I agree with you completely.Its #85’s comment that gave me a much needed laugh.

Comment by J D — September 12, 2008 @ 1:06 am

#82 Linn

You may not be Cindy but you are definitely a shill on the payroll. Your comments have arisen since the parent’s representation and mirror your employer’s comments too closely. I respect Nejame and his goals and at this time he “seems” smart and more importantly sincere. With that said…

Welcome again our paid participant; I do believe that you are right. If we leave the parents alone they will be left to grieve with no distraction and will eventually get their hooks into the SKELL Casey. Keep in mind that the protesters are there for Casey and the parents are really just in the way!

Comment by MS — September 12, 2008 @ 2:25 am

Enabeler parents always put themselves in the way of the maturation process! Now it is too late and Cindy is in way too deep!

This caper started with denial and will end in denial regardless of the verdict.

Casey’s fault & the constant enabeling did not help did it Cindy!

Comment by MS — September 12, 2008 @ 2:31 am

Oh and Linn…

You post way too much (showing an agenda and stake) in the matter with no regard really for the truth or Caylee. Stop trying to make buddies and just do what you are being paid to do where ever you are doing it.

UR connected period!

Comment by MS — September 12, 2008 @ 2:34 am

Let me also rephrase #89

Keep in mind that the protesters are there for Casey and the parents have put themselves in the way!

Comment by MS — September 12, 2008 @ 2:40 am

The parents have put themselves in the way? Well, it is the parent’s home, they are the grandparents of Caylee, protesters are yelling at Cindy and George and making vile accusations, and what are they supposed to do. I certainly don’t wish this situation on anyone but we have no idea how we will act in such situations - grief, pain, and all take over and we are not our normal selves.

The protesters are accomplishing nothing but creating havoc for LE and the neighbors. They are in the most part there for their own sick needs and not there for Caylee no matter how they try to spin it.

I wish I was connected. Then I wouldn’t have to read news from Florida on line, check out the blogs, and all to see what is going on in this case. I am an interested person with absolutely no more involvement than any of the rest of you. I do, however, have a background that has changed the way I think about these things. And to top it off - I have become very interested professionally in how people react to these types of things and why they get so worked up and act the way they do.

I believe I found GossLip before Mr. Nejame became involved. I do wish I knew him, he appears to be a very professional and intelligent attorney and would be a good person to learn from. I suspect I sound a lot like him because of my professional background and the work I have done. That isn’t bad - sometimes we all need to be challenged in our thinking. I am challenged daily by my co-workers and I challenge them. That is how we make the best decisions.

We even discuss this case - and have different opinions and views. But the one thing we all share is the belief that there is more to come and we need all the facts. Also that being nasty to and about the grandparents is wrong and people who think that it is the thing to do are no better than most others with criminal thinking.

Comment by Linn — September 12, 2008 @ 1:45 pm

Hold on now, Linn are you saying that the folks on here who smell a rat, well 3 big rats, Cindy, Lee and George, are no better than common criminals? It sure sounds that way in your last paragraph of #93. I have followed this circus from day 1, I have spent hundreds of hours going over every statement uttered, whispered, and screamed by these poor victimized grandparents and its my belief that they are liers and without a doubt they know a hell of alot more than they are saying. From day one Cindy attacked the media, in her very first tv interview she was on the defensive. Why? From day 1 Cindy has told just as many lies as Casey. Why? Yes grandmother of the year Cindy placed the 911 calls to stick it to her lovely daughter but how many calls took place before Caylee was mentioned? Grandmother of the year wanted Casey arrested for stealing money and grandtheft and oh by the way my granddaughters missing. WTF? Give me a break, the only truth that Cindy has spoken in this sickening epic is the statement of a dead body. Tell me what these three outstanding citizens have done to find Caylee? NOTHING. Isn’t it strange how the truth seems to piss off the Anthonys more than anything? Case in point, the lady with her dog and her truthful sign. Was this women screaming obscenities? No. Was she being hateful? No. Mr badass Lee sure was offended by the sign and tried his best to destroy it and for a minute there I was wondering if he was going to get the job done. Thats time well spent when a little girl has been kidnapped and thousands of tips are rolling in from all over the country. What have the Anthonys done to find Caylee? Clashed with protestors, installed security cameras, spent hours putting up no trespassing signs and yellow tape, held vigils, lied over and over, attacked the media, attacked the public, attacked the police, attacked Tim Miller, refused to offer up hot tips to the police “well were doing some investigaing on our own” as Cindy says. If these so called human beings aren’t being investigated by the police, the FBI and dozens of mental health experts then there is no law in this country. But wait a minute the Anthonys are innocent, they are the victims!! If they cared more for their granddaughter than they do for themselves wouldn’t you think this “case” would have been over long ago?

Comment by J D — September 12, 2008 @ 4:32 pm

Ok, so I listened to the interviews and frankly,
I can see why they didnt get much out of Casey.
I dont want to criticize the police, but half the time
the police hardly let her get an entire sentence out without interrupting her. I think with someone who is a liar like Casey it would have been smart of the police to be a little less friendly and a little more silent. Half the time one interviewer
would finish her sentences for her rather than let her go on with one of her crazy stories. They did continuosly tell her that everything she said was a lie, but for instance, they never asked her about where she went every day as they knew she had no job.
The never asked her where she got the money to pay for the babysitter - they never asked her how her days were spent if she didnt go to work since Casey was missing. Where she slept, how she lived, where she looked for Caylee. The one detective talked about another detective going on a cruise, just chit chatting away or telling Casey how many years experience they had doing police work (like this was going to phase Casey one bit). When one asked
Casey if Zenaida owned a home, Casey said she thought the house where Zenaida stayed wasnt hers - and before she could finish - the police said “so she rented a room there” of course CAsey said yes, she rented a room - Why would he do that? Why didnt he let her answer? He supplied an answer for her. That doesnt make sense to me. Only toward the end
when there was one policeman with her (I guess he
was the good cop half) did he kind of let her talk without interruption. Her story didnt change, she admitted lying, but she didnt sound to me intimidated,
as a matter of fact she sounded perfectly normal.
She laughed several times. She did say that Cindy
told her that she would “never forgive her” if something happened to Caylee - but even then she didnt sound upset. I realize that they arent in a big city where they handle a lot of these types of cases, but I found the questions and the way that they were presented to Casey to be off the mark.
They made it easy for her to lie to them.

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 12, 2008 @ 7:45 pm

JD,

No, I am not saying that those who believe Casey is a murderer is a common criminal. I am saying that those who are taking tombstones to the Anthony home, yelling mean things, making claims that they have no evidence to make, protesting even when it is disturbing good people in the neighborhood who have no involvement in the case, and making comments about wanting to do bodily harm to all of the Anthony’s have criminal thinking going on.

I wonder what you would have done if you were the Anthonys. Where would you look, how would you spend your time? I have thought about that - and I don’t know where I would have gone to look. If a child is missing from the home or yard you go up and down the street calling their name, you ask neighbors to help - but when a child has been gone for maybe 30 days I don’t think that is a good use of energy or time. Where do you go - what do you do. Most parents do the posters, flyers, car top signs, magnets, and all that these grandparents have done.

They have taken phone calls and talked to LE when asked. But where would they look? Casey told them a story that they believed because they wanted to have a good outcome from this. They wanted to believe that Caylee was okay and with someone who was caring for her. I don’t find that too unusual for grandparents - who love both their daughter and grand daughter as they should. Unconditional love is how we should love our children - we can hate what they do but still love them.

How should they respond to protesters and others who are there out of hate and anger. If they went out and were nicey nice we would think something was wrong also. They are damned if they do and damned if they don’t, as my dear father would have said.

I also have followed this case - but we need to remember that the media didn’t get involved until after the missing child was reported and the Anthonys had already had some difficult experiences with Casey not being upfront. Then they get a taste of Nancy Grace’s style of meanness to all. So yes, I think they would be a bit on the defensive. Or, maybe they just don’t know how to deal with 20 microphones and cameras in their face and dozens of people yelling questions at them that they can’t answer because they don’t have the answer.

I agree that Cindy appears to have changed some of her story - but since the sound bites are played out of context and over and over it has become impossible to really know what she said and why. I personally don’t get the sense she is lying - trying to protect Casey maybe. It isn’t hard for me to believe that she can’t deal with the smell being her grand daughter’s decaying body. Pizza is much easier to deal with right now.

What is wrong with holding prayer vigils - I have seen people do that all over the country when there is a missing person.

They didn’t attack Tim Miller - they just couldn’t accept looking for a dead body - they believe Caylee is alive. Sure it may be a serious case of denial - but what business is it of ours that they are holding out for the final hope to find Caylee alive.

How, do you think this case would be over? I believe that they have done what they can do to get Casey to tell them where Caylee is. There attorney also believes that - you can only do so much to get a person to tell what they are not about to tell. Parents don’t work miracles. We don’t know what has gone on behind their closed doors and frankly it is none of our business to know.

So, until LE proves otherwise, I will see Cindy, George, and Lee as victims of this situation. Victims of vile protesters. Victims of some of media’s biased reports. And victims of Casey or who ever caused them to loss a grand daughter that they loved.

Comment by Linn — September 12, 2008 @ 7:46 pm

I haven’t listened to the tapes yet. I want to but haven’t taken the time.

It is not at all unusual to chit chat with the suspect. If they think you care about them and want to just chat - well it often works. I don’t know why they would finish her sentences or give her the answers - that is a bad interview in any circumstance.

I found in forensic interviews that telling the person that things they said were a lie really got me no where. If you don’t believe anything they say - why should they tell you the truth, and will you know the truth? I think that you let them talk and talk until you ferret out the BS from the little bit that is true and then you present it to them in a way that they can see you are on to them and know what is what.

But with Casey - I don’t know. I want to hear those interviews and see what she was about. I wonder if they had anyone their who was trained in eye movement truth verification? It is not an exact science but is often very beneficial in figuring out the little pieces of truth. I still think there are part truths amongst the lies.

Comment by Linn — September 12, 2008 @ 7:56 pm

I am listening to the interviews. So far they sound pretty good to me. The most concerning thing is her coolness about it all. She shows little emotion (almost none) and that is not a good sign.

I think that the detective made a mistake in getting angry with her so quickly and actually yelling at her. Detectives are not supposed to be judge and jury. They are not supposed to take it personally.

I think the lawyers on Nancy Grace tonight have a point.
I think the psychologist is squeaky and doesn’t have any ethical sense. No psychologist I know would diagnose and make such statements based on just the information from sound bites and tapes like are being shown.

I do agree that typically, people who are innocent and accused of doing something as awful as murder get very angry. However, I have seen people not get angry and look really really guilty of child molestation and actually be found innocent. Some people just don’t fit the norm. Is that Casey - heck, I am not going to say cause I don’t know her.

But overall, I think it was a good interview even though it went no where.

Comment by Linn — September 12, 2008 @ 8:51 pm

Linn, good post’s. I’m sorry to say that Cindy lied on national television concerning that “broken” gas gauge. I listened to the tapes of Casey and the detectives and as it turns out guess what? Casey Anthony states that the reason that car was found where it was is because of a “faulty gauge”. She ran out of gas. Who’s lying? So explain this to me why would Cindy studder and stammer trying to make everyone believe that the theft of those gas cans was “no big deal” and say the gauge “WAS LATER REPAIRED”. I wonder what that gas was used on? Like I’ve said all along the grandparents lie as much as Casey does and they know a hell of a lot more than they are saying.

Comment by J D — September 12, 2008 @ 9:01 pm

#99 - JD, I missed the “faulty gauge” I guess as far as the Grandparents - well, we just have to agree to disagree for now.

I do reserve the right to change my mind as more evidence comes in.

Comment by Linn — September 12, 2008 @ 10:15 pm

#81- You are absolutely right!!! What is worong with this family that they dont know what to say to make this girl crack??? Nancy Grace criminal profilers suggest that the only people that would hold the key is the family, Leonard Padilla said that she confessed to her brother and parents…. Turn her in!!! The longer this lasts for… that little girl is out there in the night, and more charges are racked and racked against casey. This is your daughter!!! She is molded from your values and beliefs…. save your family and make her reveal the truth so you and America can put this behind you!!! The truth of your silence will haunt you forever if this girl is never found!!

Comment by Evelyn — September 13, 2008 @ 12:04 am

To be honest, what does it really matter if Casey talks? It’s pretty clear Caylee is dead and giving her a proper burial is for those living. It’s not for Caylee. She can still be remembered with love and respect regardless of whether her body is ever found.

Casey has enough evidence against her to put her away for a very long time. Law enforcement can take their time to do it right.

The rest of the Anthony’s are victims living with comforting delusions, but I don’t think they are a danger to society unless people let them be by caring about their lies. The Anthony’s do lie, perhaps they tell the most lies to themselves but I’m not afraid of them.

Casey is a danger to society and needs to be put away. It will happen, and we’ll all be safer.

Caylee can rest in peace, body or no body.

What’s done has already been done.

Comment by Karen — September 13, 2008 @ 1:28 am

Can somebody explain how Casey could have deceived her parents for so long about working everyday and where was Caylee all day while Casey was supposed to be working? Also, didn’t Cindy ever insist on at least a phone number for the sitter for emergency purposes? Cindy has been depicted as a possible controlling parent…yet she didn’t have a contact number???? Quite unbelievable!

Also, it should be considered that Casey has nothing to gain by confessing to anything or giving the police any information…..and, until she does, mum will be her stance. If first degree murder charges were brought against her, with a possible death penalty if convicted, her attitude would change in hope of a plea bargaining attempt.

So………the answer here is to charge her and let HER take it from there!

Comment by Sera — September 13, 2008 @ 2:02 am

#95 Elaine,

My thoughts exactly! Keystone cops! How do we learn by asking questions Not answering them. Those 3 blew their opportunity!

Comment by MS — September 13, 2008 @ 2:05 am

Those tapes were made after all the running around. It’s quite possible the cops did quite a bit of listening before changing interview tactics.

Comment by Karen — September 13, 2008 @ 9:20 am

Here’s the interesting thing to me about this interview. You have, I assume, three big experienced policemen and this little 22 year and she is giving them directions all over town, up to and including walking up to the door of the room she says is her office at Universal, before she finally cracks and admits she doesnt work there. Who does that? She should have been at the least very shaken up by all this and yet she is cool as a cucumber. Right there, the police should have realized they were not dealing with a normal person. I felt that the way they questioned her was not effective. To me, a person like Casey who is a habitual liar is much better off
being allowed to spin her yarns. The more she talks the more elaborate her lies become, the more holes you will be able to punch in her story later. The problem was that the police never got a chance to interview her again after they charged her with neglect. Then Baez her attorney had control over interviews and there havent been anymore. All the questions we ask here- as in post #103 about where Casey went every day, where Caylee was at those times, how she paid the babysitter as she had no money, should have been asked at the very beginning. They never established a timeline with her - as in “lets start from the beginning” type of thing. I felt they jumped all over the place, between the casual conversations, and then the lecture about how many years experience they had, you dont really hear much coming out of Casey’s mouth. As to the faulty gas gauge Casey apparently has said this repeatedly.
Frankly, I think she ran out of gas and also stole the gas cans because the car was starting to smell and possibly she was afraid someone else might notice or comment on the smell so she didnt want to go to a gas station. That might not seem realistic
but if you were driving around with a dead body in your car - you would definitely be nervous.
This to me denotes real planning and organization - as in cases of serial killers the FBI characterizes them as either organized or unorganized, here in Casey’s case she seems extremely organized. Whatever
she did with Caylee has taken some very good planning
and execution. Everything she has done, from stealing from her parents, grandparents and her friends, being
able to function socially with her boyfriend and his friends and going to clubs - points to a person who is used to deception and is organized. Her lies trip her up when confronted because her stories are all so preposterous. Its like she can do the act, but isnt clever enough to come up with a really good excuse
for what happened, which to me is also very strange.
You would think someone as clever as she is would have been able to come up with a better cover story than this Zenaida silliness. Her latest, that Zenaida and her sister Samantha kidnapped Caylee at the park and gave Casey a “script” to follow for 30 days is really beyond the limit. I wonder if she saw that in a movie as well. I think I remember a movie like that, I have to check on it. Where is the script?
Did she throw it out? After her 30 days were up
why didnt she report it to the police - it was after 30 days that Cindy finally called them. After she sat in jail why didnt she tell the police this story?
Probably because Baez wouldnt let her. Boy, what
a job he has, to try to make sense of all this to a jury!

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 13, 2008 @ 11:25 am

Elaine, great post I have to agree. This women is what I believe one of the detectives brought up in the interview “a cold callous monster”. Near the end of the interview when good cop was making small talk it was obvious Casey was loving every minute of it.
These detectives knew from day one this was a homicide and gave her every chance to explain what happened. She was even offered several chances to change her story to “accidental death” and she refused. I can’t shake my idea that she didn’t act alone in this though. I think the gas can theft and those who knew of it are more involved than it appears. She either dumped that gas in the tank of the car to take a long road trip or had those cans in that car to cover the “dead body smell” or she used it to burn a body. I don’t believe for a second that the gas was used in the tank. So why did Cindy Anthony lie about the gauge being repaired when apparently it wasn’t? Why did George offer up the truth of the theft of the gas and then clam up and stare at the floor during the televised interview leaving Cindy with no choice but to jump in and try to explain it all away? It wasn’t “a big deal” the gauge was “broken but its fixed now”. Some one other than Casey knows the truth and may have helped her cover her tracks.

Comment by J D — September 13, 2008 @ 2:18 pm

RE: #93 The parents have put themselves in the way? Well, it is the parent’s home, they are the grandparents of Caylee, protesters are yelling at Cindy and George and making vile accusations, and what are they supposed to do. I certainly don’t wish this situation on anyone but we have no idea how we will act in such situations - grief, pain, and all take over and we are not our normal selves.

The protesters are accomplishing nothing but creating havoc for LE and the neighbors. They are in the most part there for their own sick needs and not there for Caylee no matter how they try to spin it.

ABSOLUTELY LINN!!! Many have posted how they would be devastated if this were their grandchild or child — and how exactly does one act devastated? and where in the scene of protesting mobs and trash thieves are these people allowed to grieve? To even start to come to grips with the possibility that their grandchild may be gone from this world? I hope I NEVER have to even REMOTELY know what the Anthony’s are going through! But I can imagine that in the same situation without a clearly definitive answer as to whether she is dead — if that were my child — God himself would not have the power to wrench from me whatever small but of hope I could hold onto!! There was a boy recently who was kidnapped and held for years (sorry I can’t recall his name) I am sure there were some who urged his parents to accept he was dead.

As for the protesters … why is this MOB LEVEL STALKING acceptable behavior in our society?

Comment by Deb — September 14, 2008 @ 11:12 pm

As for the lie detector tests — don’t they measure the bodies response to stress? Are the results admissable (sp?) in court in a case that has death penalty potential? Are the results going to tell where Caylee is? If the results are not clearly going to help find Caylee then why bother to take the tests? As I see it the test results would be publicized and start the feeding frenzy all over. Let’s face it you don’t need a $1m gadget to know the Anthony’s have lied about some things for whatever reasons. Seems like LE is trying to keep the pressure on the Anthony’s hoping they will get Casey to talk. Hmmm… they had such control over her before?

Comment by Deb — September 14, 2008 @ 11:28 pm

Doesn’t the FBI have truth serim? I do think there is something fishy about the family that I cannot put my finger on, however, I cant stress enough how bad I feel for them for such bad harrassment- I would say most of all, Cindy. I just read tonight that someone was picking a fight with her in front of her home, if you can’t feel safe at home, what do you do?? Literally, a young man was holding the protestor back, even the protesters child was throwing things at Cindy while she hammered “No Trespassing Signs in their yard” Untill this pans out, they probably just want to hide away from everything. Their new found Criminal profiler lawyer Im sure has told them all to keep their lips tightly shut.

As for the gas cans, I almost wonder if they had found any proof of drug use other than Marijuana with Casey Anthony. As evidence of the chloriform surfaced, I couldn’t help but think of the chemicals in gasoline and the severity of the effects when used with chloriform. Another point that has crossed my mind is.. She stole all this money from her friends, from her parents (documentation shows max use of all the parents credit lines on all cards) and all that police could show for it was some shopping at target, Winn Dixie for some groceries ( that she obviously used to make dinner for her boyfriend and his roomate), and some nights out on the town??? Where did the rest of her money go?? And she runs out of gas??? I almost wonder if this whole thing is the result of a terrible drug deal gone bad. I know it may sound rediculous, however, Drug users show signs for being drifters, not staying the same place for a long period of time… Casey and Caylee were gone for at least a month before the family knew something was wrong. I feel that if this the case… Cindy Anthony had known for quite some time that Casey had this problem… the sound of Cindy’s voice in that 911 call when she says “Theres something wrong” It sounds, and no one can argue… that she in fact, at that point knew what happened to her granddaughter. When those tapes were released, I believe the public heard her gut feeling speak as well. Why would she wash the pants???

So they stunk.. lets face it this woman was in panic mode, her daughter was already in jail, and she could feel that a storm was brewing. Casey Anthony was on drugs when she was at the clubs, and I believe she may have done a huge amount of drugs she was intended to sell. In return, was being threatened by the people who wanted their money back, and she didnt have any of it. To pay them back or a threat followed through- It would make sense “That a body was planted”. Not to mention, Casey and the family’s lying- persistance that the little girl is alive ( which we all know the sad truth)- It all makes sense, however there are other possibilities the whole murder was premeditated, and this was a child that Casey never wanted.

Unfortunately, I am not sure if her selfishness will catch up with her. Do I think that karma will come back to her?? Absolutely.

I read earlier a question about what ever happened to Gail St John. I am an avid reader of her site or, (was) until she travelled to Florida to perform “Searching”. The site was also accompanied by audio tapes of them on their journeys which I fealt extremely intriging. After hours and hours of document studying, tip researching, and maps, I then started googling her and found that she had been in the middle of an ugly battle with a team member from the search over donated money credit card fraud. I was freaked out, but the tips that others were writing into them were genious, so I kept going to the site, and sure enough, within 2 days, they had closed the Caylee Anthony Case. Since then I have seen them on the news and everything being busted red handed before their trip back north after running out of funds.

I am waiting for the truth to come out in this case. Many of you have excellent questions and points. Above someone mentioned that the garbage searchers were to be smiled upon because of their evidence help, I agree with the next person who says that is is just slowing down the criminal investigation the the cops are working on before they come out and publicize this matter from court.

Some of you say that it is wrong that Cindy, George and Lee are playing “The Victims” here with the media. I believe this family never sought out fame or fortune. In reading the 400+ pages of documents releases you actually read how Casey had hurt them time and time again. This family may be lying and destroying cameras, umbrella’s ect. However, Imagine their pain behind those doors of that home. How could you eat? How could you sleep?? Lights on their house constantly. A webcam to refresh every 5 minutes directly on their home 24 hours a day. Neighbors probably blowing up their phones trying to ask them to “Make the protestors stop”. Which as we have all obviously seen they cannot do without the law, walking past that childs bedroom day in and day out.

Say Leornard Padilla is half as human as he appears to be, and that what he said about Lee telling the family what “really” happened. Imagine how devastated that family was about their loss. Thinking about all this time they had banded together to find out they were wrong. Also, from what NG suggests, when Casey is at home no one speaks a word to her, which is also why, now, I believe she is at her lawyers house all the time. I wont deny the family has lied and lied and lied. Overdramatized, I can see at times. However, given the circumstances, the money spent, the HORRIBLE things on the front page of EVERY national newspaper, I really dont know any other way, other that fessing the truth and turning in their daughter that they would handle themselves. Now that they have Mr. Nejame to take care of their “personal affairs” I agree with some statements from above suggesting that all of their so called “Denial” may very well be, the story their sticking to. When in “moments of panic” in the beginning of this case alot of things were said that were highly detramental on the familys behalf. They hired this lawyer to clean up the mess everyone has made. I agree with another person from above that says that their lawyers have a hell of a job putting these cases together.

If I have to see big, bug- eyed sunglass wearin Casey Anthony showin off or high- fiving again, I may wash my hands of this whole case all together. Its heartwrenching to me to think that someone out there could be sooo evil, and lets face it, someone out there was!!

Comment by Evelyn — September 15, 2008 @ 2:30 am

America!!! What on earth is going on down there? I’m a Canadian. I love your country. But I just can’t understand why this baby-killer isn’t behind bars.

Up until two days ago I hadn’t heard the name Caylee Anthony. Hard to believe, I’m sure, but I don’t watch TV — I came across the story while I was on-line the other day and since then I’ve read dozens and dozens of articles, blogs, etc. and it is so clear that this Casey Anthony is jerking you all around — even your police system and law-makers.

Is there something I’m missing? Like I said, I love your country but I’m positive she would be incarcerated if this happened here in Canada. I can see that little Caylee has the love and support of America and that’s wonderful, but her mother, Casey, needs to be behind bars. She’s making a mockery of your laws!!!!

Comment by Debra — September 15, 2008 @ 9:13 am

Just heard tonight that Juliette Lewis was the star of a movie with Woody Harrelson called “Natural Born Killers”. This movie has supposedly been the driving force behind quite a few bizarre murders. In the movie, one of the victims was set afire with gasoline. Since Casey’s Universal friend Juliette Lewis doesn’t exist, could Casey be obsessed with the character in the movie and could the gas cans be her own version of the movie re-enactment with Caley as the victim?

Comment by Sera — September 15, 2008 @ 11:38 pm

The protestors in front of the Anthony’s house are mostly teenagers and young adults. Last night it was really bad - but what amazed me was that though police came - they didnt cite any of these kids
or really interfere in any way. They took a police report from the Anthonys and all of these confrontations were caught on tape. The Anthonys
only came outside because the protestors were throwing
things at the house and pounding on the garage door.
This has got to stop. I do not undertand the police
not interfering and at least breaking this up- it was
after midnight I think - why didnt they cite them for disturbing the peace? I really wonder if the police
are not doing much because it brings more pressure on the Anthonys? Knowing George’s temper it must be extremely tense in that house. If the police are not doing anything about these protestors to “punish”
the Anthonys in some way - then they are way out of line. I would think that they would ask the court to revoke all bonds and take Casey Anthony into “protective custody” and throw her back in jail
before someone gets killed.

Comment by Elaine 16 — September 18, 2008 @ 10:02 am

Recently there has been pictures taken of the presumed same location in the woods where the skeleton remains of Caylee were found. A Private Investigator who was hired by the Anthony family. I am wondering why the private investigator was being directed by the family to go into those woods. I was under the impression that the Anthony family was only searching for a “Live” Caylee, so why were they focusing in the woods. This family apparently knows much more then anyone suspected.

Comment by Cindy from Seattle — December 30, 2008 @ 7:26 pm

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